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The battle between Apple and Samsung rages, with both companies intent on proving that the other copied their designs. Apple are now saying that Samsung stole their icon designs. CNET posted a series of gallery images highlighting the Apple graphic trademarks and comparing them against a series of icons used …

After endless leaks in recent weeks Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 10.1. Just like the 5.3 inch Note smartphone a S Pen is included for all of your stylus requirements. It will also find itself at home in a slot in the bottom right of the tablet. Other …

For those people looking for a relatively affordable yet powerful Android smartphone then the HTC ‘Proto' is one to look out for. It is rumoured to launch in Autumn (or fall) and will come in between the current One V and One S smartphones from HTC. Coming in at 9.62mm thin the …

Research In Motion have released Playbook OS 2.0.1 update, alongside their 4G version of the Playbook. The company are still dealing with a leak of Playbook OS 2.1 from a couple of days ago. The 2.0.1. update is primarily a performance related upgrade for Blackberry Playbook WiFi versions. RIM have …

While the debate about whether Samsung copied Apple or Apple copied Samsung rages away in California, Google has decided to put its paw in the water with a low cost tablet of its own. Before our mobile expert Blair McClelland publishes a full, indepth analysis of the tablet within the …

Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins has said that their upcoming mobile operating system, Blackberry 10, could move away from how the company has traditionally operated. In an effort to increase its dwindling user based, Heins admits that licensing Blackberry 10 could be part of the company's future. “To deliver …

The successor to Sony's current flagship smartphone, the Xperia S, has been leaked and will be known as the Xperia SL. Courtesy of the Chinese website ePrice, some renders and specifications of the device have been revealed. Externally, the Xperia SL looks much the same as its predecessor. However, it will be …

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been ported to the $25 Raspberry Pi, giving some users a long awaited taste of Android on the tiny device. The port allows the device, better known for running various versions of Linux, to act much like a smartphone or tablet, albeit at a …

Google has today released the latest Android distribution figures. The data is collected from devices that have accessed the Google Play Store in the last two weeks and while it is perhaps most useful for developers, we like to have a look at it to see how “fragmented” the Android …

Hewlett Packard and Dell are preparing to release Windows RT based tablet PC's for the October Windows 8 launch by Microsoft. Dell are using Qualcomm chips in their designs and Hewlett Packard have opted for Texas Instruments hardware. We spoke to an industry insider in the channel in Taipei last …

A Taiwanese analyst company called Trendforce are claiming that Microsoft could hurt the market for Ultrabooks with their upcoming release of the Surface tablet. Additionally they add that it will put additional pressure on Android tablets and cause more confusion for the average punter in the street. Research director Eric …

With $2.5 billion on the table, Apple and Samsung will be punching each other to death with squads of highly paid lawyers in a California court room. Central to Apple's case is that the launch of the iPad in 2010 (three years after the iPhone in 2007) heralded the world's …

The second day of the Apple vs Samsung case showcased many prototype designs. Christopher Stringer, an Apple designer and first witness produced a wide range of iPhone and iPad designs, some of which he was carrying with him. According to the case, Apple produce hundreds of prototypes for each product, …

It is well known that Apple does delve into the dark underworld of pressuring mobile carriers into getting their own way. It was with a recent iPhone launch that Vodafone New Zealand lost their near-monopoly on the New Zealand iPhone market. While reasons were never discussed, they are easily guessed. …

Touting a 17.3” 1080p screen, 16GB of memory, RAID 0 SSDs, a BluRay drive and Killer Gaming network card, is MSI’s latest ‘Gaming Series’ iteration worth its credit card-crunching £1,999 price tag?!

When the Nexus Q was unveiled at Google I/O in late June it was met with a mixed response. While some liked the idea of a neat looking media streamer dedicated to Google's platform, it received a lot of negative feedback for being basically useless for anything more advanced. Due …

While many of us expect North Korea to be living in the dark ages they do surprise us. While three gold medals in the Olympics thus far may be the fact that first comes to mind, the North Korean state has in fact produced its own tablet. The “Achim” tablet, …

Following the leak of two Windows Phone 8 devices just yesterday, Samsung's plans for a 11.8 inch tablet have also been revealed as part of their court case against Apple. There have been rumours of a 11.8 inch tablet from Samsung for many months now but this is the first …

If you are in the market for a new smartphone then you may want to wait for another month as it looks as if Apple will be announcing their new phone on September 12th. Of course there is no confirmation from Apple that this is correct, but Jim Dairymple of …

Just over a month following HTC declaring they are pulling out of Brazil, South Korea is getting the same treatment by the Taiwanese phone manufacturer. Following poor sales in Samsung's home nation this decision has been made in an effort to “streamline operations”. Analyst firm Canalys estimates that HTC controlled …

Samsung has perhaps mistakenly unveiled two potential Windows Phone 8 devices through court documents this week. The Odyssey and Marco were contained in documents submitted as part of the ongoing Samsung vs Apple legal battles. The Odyssey is at the higher end of the spectrum while the Marco will be …

Microsoft have confirmed that their new Surface tablet will be launched on the same day as Windows 8, October 8th. They said “The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, we will begin selling the Surface, a series …

Apple and Samsung spend a lot of time working together toward a common goal: Making Apple products possible with processing chips manufactured by Samsung. At the same time, each company's legal alter ego seems to have its hands wrapped around the other's throat, in court, somewhere in the world. KitGuru …

Thomson will enter the Smart Phone market and launch at IFA  for all European markets an amazing big screen version: the Android 4 (Ice Cream) – based Thomson X-View-2 with a huge 5,3 inch display. The X-View2 is only the second phone on the market with such a big screen …

While quite a few sites have been reporting that Apple has patented the design for a traditionally PlayStation like video game controller, it looks like that's not exactly true. In reality, Apple has been investigating turning other devices, like the iPhone and iPad into controllers for systems like Apple TV …

Just a couple of days ago the international variant of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III received a “stability” update that also removed the universal search function. This feature grants users to search through local files using the Google Search application on the phone, as well as the usual Google results. …

Sony is known in the smartphone world for their quality products yet never manage to match the sales of the true giants such as Apple or Samsung. Their upcoming flagship has now been leaked just over a month in advance of its announcement currently scheduled for the 29th of August. …

It seems that Microsoft can't stay out of the headlines recently …. but for all the wrong reasons. With Windows 8 and their Surface tablet just around the corner, we have to ask the question. Do they really know what they are doing? Before I go any further, I need …

Google I/O to the vast majority was so much more than just a developer's conference. While a select few were focused on the many informing developer sessions at the show, many of us were interested in some awesome new products. At the end of the three days we had a whole bunch …

If you have ever been stuck in a foreign airport with nothing to do, you'd probably check out any available Wi-Fi hotspots then have your mouth hanging open a few moments later as the page asking for your Visa details loads. This may be the same feeling some keen visitors …